Monday October 23, 2017

Pumpkins wanted!!!

If you are willing to donate a pumpkin to our classrooms please send in your pumpkin by Thursday this week with your child. We will be using the pumpkins to practice our Math strategies. We are going to measure, estimate and count! Thank you in advance.

Literacy

This week in literacy students will be visiting different Grade 1 teachers for our school wide literacy block. Students will be working on developing their reading strategies in reading groups specific to their learning needs.

Ask me about: Who was your literacy teacher today?

Inquiry

We are learning about our senses this week and how they help us communicate with the world. We will be visiting all of the Grade 1 teachers to talk about the sense of sight.

Ask me about: What teacher did you visit today in Inquiry, what did you learn about your sense of sight?

****Home Reading****

-Please send back clear home reading book bags every Tuesday and Thursday to get your new books! The volunteers exchange the books in the morning so it is important that students hand them in first thing when they arrive.

Halloween Dance

Thursday Oct. 26 5:30pm – 6:30pm or 7:00pm- 8:00pm

Please find the orange information sheet that came home with the eldest/only child today. If you are interested in attending the Halloween dance please complete and return the bottom portion of the orange sheet by this Friday Oct. 20. Thank you.

  ”Pumpkinella”

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Halloween will soon be upon us and Royal Oak School would like to recognize the occasion with our annual “Pumpkinella” event. This is a strictly optional activity where families are encouraged to work together to carve a pumpkin and bring it to the school. The jack-o-lanterns will then all be displayed in the school’s “pumpkin patch” (gathering area). Throughout the course of the day, students will have the opportunity to tour the “pumpkin patch,” marvel at the creative contributions, and ready themselves with ideas and plans for the following year.

As Halloween falls on a Tuesday this year, parents can drop their pumpkins off Monday, October 30^th from 4-5pm and can pick their pumpkins up on Tuesday, October 31^st from 4-5pm. Please do not send pumpkins before these dates as in the warm school environment they often will not survive several days. It is highly recommended that families pre-arrange adult support for dropping off and picking up pumpkins as they are often challenging for our young students to manage on their own.

Please note, any pumpkins not picked up by 5:00pm on October 31^st will be disposed of.

We hope to see all your spooky jack-o-lanterns in our ROS pumpkin patch soon. Please contact your child’s teacher should you have any questions or concerns about this event.

Sincerely,

The Pumpkinella Committee        

Important dates

Thursday Oct. 26 – Family Halloween Dance (5:30-6:30pm & 7:00-8:00pm)

Monday Oct. 30 Pumpkin drop off (4-5pm)

Tuesday Oct. 31 – Pumpkinella

Wednesday Nov. 8 – Picture retake day